'Operation thermostat': Italy limits air conditioning amid energy crisis fears

Schools and public buildings to be banned from having thermostats below 25C as Ukraine war exacerbates crisis Schools and other public buildings in Italy will be forbidden from setting their air conditioning to any setting lower than 25C from next month, under a scheme intended to help the country dodge an energy crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. The energy rationing initiative, called "operation thermostat", comes as two Italian ministers travel to central Africa on Wednesday in search ...